Tufting table apparatus



Oct. 17, 1933. H. E. WOLF 1,930,574

TUFTING TABLE APPARATUS Original Filed May 31, 1950' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Li L l0 6a a 9 6 m Ell i 011; A F F Lo 0 4F O WITNESS INVENTOR g 6 f/arryEJ Vo/f ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES TUFTING TABLE APPARATUS Harry E. Wolf,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Original application May 31, 1930, Serial No. 458,744, Patent No. 1,883,220, October 18, 1932. Divided and this application July 13, 1932.

Serial N 0. 622,213

13 Claims. (01. -138) My invention relates to the art of mattress making, and it hasspecial reference to tufting tables for such purposes, this application being a division of my Patent No.

5 October 18, 1932.

One object of my invention is to provide a tufting table having a perforated bottom member and a removable top member, with relatively small openings, substantially alined with the re- 1 spective perforations in the bottom member.

A second object of my invention is to provide a tufting table, having a top and bottom member for enclosing the mattress being worked upon, that may be rotated with respect to an upright frame, and the parts locked in position, irrespective of whether the apparatus occupies its normal or its inverted position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a table of the character set forth, so arranged that the centers of the openings in the top and bottom members may substantially exactly register each time that the apparatus is assembled.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tufting table having cooperating oppositely disposed table members, the assembly being capable of rotation to bring either member uppermost. Other objects of my invention will become evident from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying v drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a view,-in front elevation, of a tufting table organized in accordance with my present invention, and i Figure 2 and Figure 3 are views, in top plan and in end elevation, respectively, of the apparatus shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the tufting table here shown comprises a pair of transverse frame members 1, which may constitute standard T- irons and which are respectively supported on pairs of legs 2, which may be formed of channel irons, for example. A bottom table member proper 8, and an upper table member 13, interlock with each other and are pivotally supported on the frame members 1, being capable of being locked in position by means of suitable pivot locks 6.

The transverse frame members 1 may be secured by means of bolts 3, to the legs 2, which in turn, may be secured to the floor by small angle irons 4, bolted to the lower ends of the legs.

Hubs or bearings 5 are bolted to the middle portion of each of the transverse frame members 1, for the purpose of providing a pivotal bearing for the lower table member 8. Preferably,

1,883,220, dated the illustrated pivot pin extends a short distance into the bottom table member 8, being suitably reinforced by means of plates 5a. By reason of this pivotal connection, the table member 8 and its associated parts, namely, the toptable member 13, and the intervening mattress 25 being worked upon, may bereadily rotated from its normal to its inverted position by a light touch of the hand.

To insure that the table members are locked in position when it is desired to work upon the mattress, a pair of the pivot locks 6 are mounted, by means of pivot pins or bolts 7, on each of the transverse frame members 1, about half way between the bearing 5 and the ends of the frame member. Each of these pivot locks is provided with a suitable handle 6a, and the inner end is bifurcated to grip either the bottom member 8 in either a normal or an inverted position, as the case may be, and thus hold the rotatable table assembly in the desired operative position. For the purpose of preventing undue wear, by the use of these pivot locks, reinforcing plates 10 are preferably secured to the bottom table member 8, in the positions where the bifurcated inner ends of the pivot locks engage the bottom table member.

The bottom table member 8 is made from any suitable materiaL'such as wood, the inner face being provided with a suitable veneer 9. Similarly, the inner face of the top table member 13 is provided with a suitable veneer 14. The bottom member 8 has a number of relatively large holes 12, drilled through it for the purpose of permitting tying'of tufting material .to form a tuft, after the tapes or other material have been threaded through, as subsequently described.

The top member 13, on the other hand, is provided with an equal number of relatively small openings or slots 21, having a circular or enlarged center, for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth. The registration of the centers of each of the small slots or openings in the top member with the centers of the large openings in the bottom member, is insured by means of suitable male and female centering posts 11 and 20. A pipe or hollow post 11 is secured to each corner of the upper side of the bottom plate member 8, and a pin or solid post 20 is secured to each corner of the lower face, of the upper table member 13. These pins and hollow posts are adapted to engage when the top and bottom members are in operative position, whereby the desired registration of the openings in the inverted position, and further tuftini pended claims.

is effected each time the apparatus is The top table member 18 is inforcing metallic strips or the ends thereof on the upper and a of cables 16, are secured t cables being joined and a single cable passing a pulley 18, which is suit ceiling or oth r support (not shown). pose of this arrangement is to pc table member 13 being readily raised when mattress is being laid on the bottom. t ole mere her 8, or taken off it, also to perm a placing the top tabl member on the mad e oning of mempests ll For the purpose or lioldingtr tom table membe s in suitable po spect to the mattress 25, a pin 26 are passed over the of tom table members, at suitable by compressing the mattress the ness, and placing the entire app. best possible condition to insure and neat wortnanship in three needles theretlirough, as set for identified parent application.

Assuming that the top t pies its suspended g'ositic that the bottom table position shown in-the rig 'de ure 2, with the pivot locks 6 iii-the ihastta locked position, the" operation of the may be set forth as follows.

The mattress 25 to be worked upon is laid ups the bottom table member 8, and lined up the edges thereof. The top table rem then lowered into position, with t u passing through the four hollow posts clamping members 26 are tl and the apparatus is for the cut application.

To finish the tufting of the 11-3'1'3't16 pivot locks 6 are moved out of o era tion, the top and bottom table members with the mattress between then are rotated to an operations are carried on, as set forth in my above-identified parent application, without in any way disturbing the tuftingtable parts. Itwill be understood that to look the table ins ch position, the pivot locks d are into play, to then grip the bottom table her 8, in its inverted osition.

of a mattress.

I do .not Wish to be restrict-d to the specific structural details or arrangement of j therefore, that only such imposed thereon as are indicated in the aptop member for l i claim as my invention:

"g ta e comprising an upright frame, a bottom 1 e r iember adapted to support a mattress, means for pivotally securing er to said frame, a plurality of lock- 1 pivoted on said for locking said member in position, a perforated removable ing on the in itross, and male centering posts on said members for the ce of the ope ngs in the tially concentrically with the r enings in the bottom mem- 1g devices being also adapted to nber an inverted posit id bottom members and the and female pos tioning table compri ng a frame, a botadapted to support a mattress, a thereon, male and female holding members in prop- --le t with respect to the mattress, and otaily securing said bottom member s to permit rotation of said members ress along an intermediate axis thereand In of.

comprising a frame, a bottom to support a mattress, a top. lay ng thereon, means for holding i in position v for permitting; rotation of said ress relative, to saidframe ob f or gable means for to said frame in either selected position. v

l. tufting; table comprising a frame, anaperturec bottom memr adapted to support a matis, an apertured top member for laying thereon, means for holding said members in proper aline'nent on the ttress, means for permitting complete rotation of said members and mattress relative to said frame to allow ready operation on the respective sides of the mattress through the apertures of the saidbottom and top members, and the same means for locking said members and mattress with either said bottom or said top member uppermost, said locking means besecured to said frame and pivoting about a ertical axis.

5. A tuiting table comprising a frame, a bottom memb r adapted to support a matress, a top member for laying thereon, a plurality of concentrically related means for holding said members in position with respect to the mattress, means for pivotally securing one of said members to said frame topermit rotation of said members and mattress along an intermediate. axis thereof, and horizontally swingable means for ing said members and mattress to said frame said top member uppern-ost.-

tufting table co.nprising a frame a bottonmember adapted to supporta mattress, a ember for laying thereon, a plurality of e rable means for holding said members inre er alinement with respect to the mattress, s for pivotally securing said bottom member frane to permit rotation of said memthereof,and means pivoted on said-frame and about avertical axis forlocking said members and mattress with either said bottom or said top member uppermost I I 7. A tuft-ing table com-rising a frame, cooperating oppositely disposed table members, means 'th respect to the ttress uppermost,

for permitting rotation of said members to bring either one uppermost, and the same horizontally swingable means for locking said members to said frame in either selected position.

8. A tufting table comprising a frame, cooperating top and bottom table members, means for pivotally securing said bottom member along an intermediate ax s thereof to said frame, and the same means for locking said members in position with either said top or said bottom member uppermost, said locking means being secured to said frame and pivoting about a vertical axis.

9. A tufting table comprising an upright frame, a bottom member adapted to support a mattress, means for pivotally securing said member to said frame, comprising a bifurcated member pivoted on said frame for locking said member in position, a removable top member for laying on the mattress, and means for substantially exactly positioning said top member relative to said bottom member, said locking means being also adapted to lock said bottom member an inverted position When the top and bottom members and the mattress are rotated on said pivotal means.

10. A tufting table comprising an upright frame, a bottom perforated member adapted to support a mattress, means for pivotally securing said member to said frame, comprising a bifurcated member pivoted on said frame for locking said member in position, a perforated removable top member for laying on the mattress, and male and female centering posts on said members for positioning the centers of the openings in the top members substantially concentrically with the centers of the openings in the bottom member, said locking devices being also adapted to lock said bottom member in an inverted position when the top and bottom members and the mattress are rotated on said pivotal means.

11. A tufting table comprising a frame, a bottom member adapted to support a mattress, a top member for laying thereon, means for holding said members in proper alinement with respect to the mattress, means for pivotally securing said bottom member to said'frame to permit rotation of said members and mattress along an intermediate axis thereof, and means comprising a bifurcated member pivoted on said frame for looking said members and mattress with either said bottom or said top member uppermost.

12. A tufting table comprising a frame, cooperating oppositely disposed table members, means for permitting rotation of said members to bring either one uppermost, and means comprising a bifurcated member pivoted on said frame for locking said members in either selected position.

13. A tufting table comprising a frame, 00- operating top and bottom table members, means for pivotally securing said bottom member along an intermediate axis thereof to said frame, and

means comprising a bifurcated member pivoted on said frame for locking said bottom member in either a normal or an inverted position.

HARRY E. ,WOLF. 

